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Sorry in advance about the long message
I have a satellite U205 S5002 which i got used 3 months ago
when i first got it i installed vista and everything was ok.( hardware-mat**bleep**a dvd-ram uj-842s ATA device)
then a week ago, i bought a new pack of dvd-r-until then i had used diff brands of dvd-r, dvd+r, dvd-rw, dvd+rw and they all worked. I dont know if it matters but the new pack was Imation and couldn't burn on any of them. Since then i have reinstalled vista twice, and haven't installed any programs besides win avi and nero.
When I last installed vista a couple of days ago, it let me burn 5 dvd-r and then nothing with win avi. Nero would only burn only dvd rw and everytime i tried a dvd-r it said it couldn't start disc at once.
Today i bought a new pack of the same dvd-rw it let me use last time and nero burned 1 and then kept telling me there was a track error. Win avi burned 1 and then when i tried a 2nd wouldn't do anything and then i installed convertX to dvd and it did the same as win avi.
It still burns cd-r's(they are the only one's i can burn with the vista built in software)
I just checked device manager and clicked on properties for the dvd drive, and in the details tab under value it says CD-ROM drive(dont know if that matters but i thought I'd mention it)
I have asked a couple of computer techs in my area and they had no idea what could be wrong
Thanks in advance for any help

hi Evan!
it's unusual that this started out of the blue ... did you install/uninstall/upgrade any hardware or software just before this started happening to you?
here's some standard resources for dealing with this sort of thing (but the sudden onset makes me wonder if something else is afoot):
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93453
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300252
toonz, "Where to find firmware for your CD/DVD drive", 05:55pm Apr 15, 2005 CDT
keep us posted.
love, b

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